A gift for Trump...
North Korea claims to have carried out a ‘very important’ test at rocket launch site
By Min Joo Kim and Simon Denyer
Dec. 8, 2019 at 2:32 a.m. EST
SEOUL — North Korea said it conducted a “very important test” at a rocket launch site on Saturday, the same day a senior diplomat said denuclearization is off the negotiating table.
The test paves the way for North Korea to launch a satellite or intercontinental ballistic missile around the end of this year, experts said, fulfilling a threat to give the United States an unwelcome “Christmas gift.”
A spokesman for North Korea’s Academy of the National Defense Science said the test was carried out at Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in Tongchang-ri, a site near the Chinese border that has been used to launch satellites into space in the past. The United Nations bans North Korea from launching satellites, viewing it as a cover for testing ballistic missile technology.
President Trump said he had convinced North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to close down the site when the pair met in Singapore in June 2018. When evidence emerged that North Korea was rebuilding the site, Trump said in March he would be “very, very disappointed” with Kim if that proved to be the case, but said he didn’t believe it would be.
more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/07/north-korea-claims-have-carried-out-very-important-rocket-test/
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